# 韜

| 韜 | U+97DC, &#38876; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97DC |
| ← 韛 [U+97DB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 韝 → [U+97DD] |

## Translingual
### Han character

韜 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+10, 19 strokes, cangjie input 木手月竹難 (DQBHX), four-corner 4257$_7$, composition ⿰韋舀)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1395, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43189
* Dae Jaweon: page 1910, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4510, character 2
* Unihan data for U+97DC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 韜
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 滔 | *l̥ʰuː |
| 韜 | *l̥ʰuː |
| 縚 | *l̥ʰuː |
| 謟 | *l̥ʰuː |
| 慆 | *l̥ʰuː |
| 幍 | *l̥ʰuː |
| 槄 | *l̥ʰuː, *l̥ʰuːʔ |
| 搯 | *l̥ʰuː |
| 瑫 | *l̥ʰuː |
| 稻 | *l'uːʔ |
| 蹈 | *l'uːs |
| 舀 | *lowʔ, *lu, *lo |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tāo (tao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tou$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tho
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tao
*** Wade–Giles: tʻao$^1$
*** Yale: tāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tau
*** Palladius: тао (tao)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tou$^1$
*** Yale: tōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰou̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho
*** Tâi-lô: tho
*** Phofsit Daibuun: toy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: thaw
Rime :
| Character | 韜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 土刀切 |
| Baxter | thaw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰɑu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰɑu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɑu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰaw/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰɑu/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰɑu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tʰɑu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tou$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰuː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 韜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14732 |
| Phonetic component | 舀 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 饕 |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ʰuː/ |

### Definitions

韜
* (literary) sheath; scabbard; bow case
* (figuratively) to hide; to conceal
    韜光養晦／韬光养晦 ― tāoguāngyǎnghuì ― to hide one's talents and bide one's time for the right opportunity
* art of war; military strategies

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): とう (tō)
* Kun: ゆぶくろ (yubukuro)、ゆみぶくろ (yumibukuro)、つつむ (tsutsumu, 韜む)

#### Compounds

* 韜(とう)晦(かい) (tōkai)
* 韜(とう)略(りゃく) (tōryaku)
* 韜(とう)光(こう)晦(かい)迹(せき) (tōkōkaiseki)
* 自(じ)己(こ)韜(とう)晦(かい) (jikotōkai)
* 韜(とう)光(こう)養(よう)晦(かい) (tōkōyōkai)
* 六(りく)韜(とう)三(さん)略(りゃく) (rikutōsanryaku)

## Korean
### Hanja

韜 (eum 도 (do))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

韜: Hán Nôm readings: thao
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#### References

* Nom Foundation